Rumour Having High
High Time With Litvinoff
Litvinoff Resignation
WISHFUL THINKING IN GERMANY
London, To-day. Disappearance of M. Litvinoff from the Soviet For- eign Office continues to arouse considerable speculation concerning the relation between his resignation and the Anglo-Soviet negotia tions.
ARMS FOUND ON JUNK
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S
REPORT
Mak Kap-shiu, 58, junk foki, and Mak Tsui-wong, 57, accountant, of junk No.. T700H were charged be- fore Mr. T. J. Houston at the Cen-. The annual report of the Hong tral Magistracy his morning, with Kong Philharmonie Society reveals unlawful possession of three rifles, a loss of $102.42 on the year's work- munition two cutlasses and 18 rounds of am-ing.
on board the junk at
Shaukiwan harbour yesterday. that the arms were found in the Inspector Russell told the Court
hold during a routine search early told the Police that there were no yesterday morning. Defendants
arms on board.
Although M. Maisky has insisted on the view that foreign policy is not controlled by the Foreign Office but the inner council of the Soviet Gov-hard labour was imposed on each ernment, and that the negotiations, therefore, defendant.
A file of $25 or one month's
are not affected, rumours to the contrary are The arms and ammunition were spreading.
Berlin, is of course, making great play with the resignation and de- finitely suggesting that Russia in- tends to withdraw into her shell, having thrown over the collective security policy of M. Litvinoff.
All reports must be taken with reserve, however, until some au- thoritative statement is forthcom- ing.
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BOOM ON BOURSE
A Trans-Ocean Berlin message
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ordered to be confiscated.
CLEAR STATEMENT ON FRENCH POLICY
Paris, To-day.
states that the eclipse of Litvinoff An important statement on French foreign policy was made yesterday by the Premier, M. Edou- ard Daladier, to the press.
caused 2 boom on the Berlin
Bourse yesterday.
Financial circles in
Berlin ap-
parently see in the removal of the M. Daladier stated that he would anticipate the of
ficial statement of policy to be made in the Chamber on Thursday next.
Soviet apostle of collective security the possibility of the Soviet leav- ing the ranks of the anti-aggressor states.
It would be wrong, however, to say that these hopes are fully shar- ed by well-informed Berlin circles, where the first reaction is marked by a desire to await further de- velopments before expressing any opinion.
CHANGE OF POLICY? The question whether the re- signation of Litvinoff will lead to
· revision of Soviet foreign policy is
· posed by most Berlin, papers. The
· event is regarded all a severe blow to "the policy of encirclement."
The Berlin newspapers give pro- minence to the embarrassment caused in London and Paris by the -news of M, Litvinoff's resignation. "Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung," says M. Litvinoff went all out to - get the Soviet Union to abandon the reserve imposed by the former period of isolation.
“This explains why his sudden disappearance has provided such a
•painful sensation for the Demo-
cracies.”
“ANGRIFF""" HOPES
"Angriff," "allegea that M. Lit- vinoff has already moved out of his luxuriously furnished palace in Spiridonovka Ulitza" and has taken a three-roomed flat.
The paper suggests that the So- ›viet Ambassadors in London and Paris, Maisky and Suritz, may be
· recalled as they were both close ¿collaborators of the Soviet Com-
missar for Foreign Affairs.
The same paper in a despatch from Warsaw says that on Wed-
·nesday a conference was held in the Kremlin presided over by Stalin and attended among others by Vorochiloff and Zdanoff. At the conclusion of the conference M. Litvinoff handed, in hii ation.
He
Membership, including those tem-
124 Ordinary Members. numbered 38 Vice-Presidents, and porarily absent from the Colony,
duced by
The net loss on the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera "Ruddigore" pro- the Rev. Cyril Brown, M.A., was $922.
The Musical Director was Mr. H. B. Jordan, and the thanks of the Society are tendered to all those who gave valuable services in connection with the production.
The Orchestral Section formed the greater part of the Orchestra for the production of "Ruddigore." This section has been sadly deplet- ed by some of its members having left the Colony, and particular re- ference should be made to the Se- cretary, Mr. R. A. Starling who left in December last. The vacancy created has however been ably fill- ed by Mr. S. A. Swetland, whose valuable services are greatly ap-
preciated. This section also wel- comes new
members who joined during the year under review. There are still vacancies for keen instru- mentalists.
the truth. The international sí- said: "The attitude of abroad, tendencious comments and tuation is quite clear. There is France, stated in my broadcast of inexact information are distorting one question-whether unilateral March 29, has not changed and the real facts, the objects being domination or collaboration will will not change. .......
either to undermine the determin- prevail-in Europe:- “External events sufficiently con-ation of the Government and na- "It is therefore the safety of firm the legitimacy and necessity tion or to raise doubts in foreign France and the future of civilisa- of our policy of vigilance and firm-countries on French policy.
tion which are at stake, and which ness. This policy has the entire ap- DISTORTIONS OF TRUTH we, together with the overwhelm- (proval of the country.
"I cannot protest emphatically ing majority of the world, are de- “However, both in France and|enough against such distortions of termined to defend-Trans-Ocean.
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